Kieran Bennett

On January 3, when Donna Macklan went to visit a friend, two people viciously assaulted her, knocking her out of her wheelchair and hitting her with a shovel. While they were doing this they screamed “you hermaphrodite” — she was beaten and abused in our community because of her gender identity. This is completely and totally unacceptable. Or it should be. We live in a community where lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LBGTI) people have a well founded fear for their safety in public.